Is Clements High School a good school? (Houston, Sugar Land: good credit, house)

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by Houston321

Maybe it's just me, but since when is "more diverse" better?

I'm just sayin!!!!

Well, if you want your children to go to schools where everyone is a clone of themselves and then go on to a UT or a Rice and join a fraternity where everyone is also a clone then find a job where your child will claw their way up to that 75k a year middle-management job while the kid who grew up understanding other cultures and people unlike themselves in general moves up 3 levels past your kids, that's your prerogative I suppose.

[XodoX]

Originally Posted by Houston321

Maybe it's just me, but since when is "more diverse" better?

I'm just sayin!!!!

True, but nobody said that. Nvm, somone now did.

Btw, va_residents, do you know about the 10% rule here in Texas? Not sure what the solution would be, but I tend to agree with Houston321. It's gonna be a little hard to get them in the top 10%.
Not everybody has to go to a Top 10 College , though...

[Premont]

Great Schools lists Clements as having a 24 ACT average - Clements High School Test Scores - Sugar Land, Texas - TX

If you convert that to SAT it comes to 1150 out of 1600. Convert ACT to SAT - How to Convert SAT Scores to ACT Scores

[va_residents]

Originally Posted by XodoX

True, but nobody said that. Nvm, somone now did.

Btw, va_residents, do you know about the 10% rule here in Texas? Not sure what the solution would be, but I tend to agree with Houston321. It's gonna be a little hard to get them in the top 10%.
Not everybody has to go to a Top 10 College , though...

In Fairfax, VA parents want their kids to get into Thomas Jefferson High school which is the best public school in the country. It has the highest SAT score in the country. TJHSST Splash Page

TJ draws applicants from across five counties and two cities in Northern Virginia, selecting 500 students from a pool of several thousand applicants. Admission is based primarily on a general achievement test and prior grades. To give a sense of student caliber: Of the 432 seniors in the Class of 2007, 158 were National Merit semifinalists, more than any other school in the nation. And the average student SAT score was a 2155 (on a 2400 scale). Shooting for the Academic Stars - US News and World Report

What is 10% rule in Houston?

[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by va_residents

In Fairfax, VA parents want their kids to get into Thomas Jefferson High school which is the best public school in the country. It has the highest SAT score in the country. TJHSST Splash Page

TJ draws applicants from across five counties and two cities in Northern Virginia, selecting 500 students from a pool of several thousand applicants. Admission is based primarily on a general achievement test and prior grades. To give a sense of student caliber: Of the 432 seniors in the Class of 2007, 158 were National Merit semifinalists, more than any other school in the nation. And the average student SAT score was a 2155 (on a 2400 scale). Shooting for the Academic Stars - US News and World Report

What is 10% rule in Houston?

Then you don't want to even consider Clements. You want to consider Charter and Magnet schools only.

[XodoX]

Originally Posted by va_residents

In Fairfax, VA parents want their kids to get into Thomas Jefferson High school which is the best public school in the country. It has the highest SAT score in the country. TJHSST Splash Page

TJ draws applicants from across five counties and two cities in Northern Virginia, selecting 500 students from a pool of several thousand applicants. Admission is based primarily on a general achievement test and prior grades. To give a sense of student caliber: Of the 432 seniors in the Class of 2007, 158 were National Merit semifinalists, more than any other school in the nation. And the average student SAT score was a 2155 (on a 2400 scale). Shooting for the Academic Stars - US News and World Report

What is 10% rule in Houston?

The 10% rule requires any public College to admit your son/daughter if she was in the top 10% of his/her High School class.

Yeah, if you're looking for that kind of High School....forget this school then. You have pretty high standards.

[EasilyAmused]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

Well, if you want your children to go to schools where everyone is a clone of themselves and then go on to a UT or a Rice and join a fraternity where everyone is also a clone then find a job where your child will claw their way up to that 75k a year middle-management job while the kid who grew up understanding other cultures and people unlike themselves in general moves up 3 levels past your kids, that's your prerogative I suppose.

Moderator cut: off topic In general I really respect your posts, but in this case you are making a general assumption..and in my experience you're off base with the aforementioned clones. They actually do pretty well for themselves. Yeah, some get stuck, just like some multi-culturally diverse people do. As to moving three levels ahead just because they are culturally diverse or "exposed" LOL.....that sooooo isn't true.

But I do agree with you that more economically diverse schools can pump out some great kids. I think being exposed to a range of economic culture is far more important than cultural diversity. Kerr has produced some great students...In school like that, it's more the student producing than the parent pushing...and that's what creates a great student.


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[crbcrbrgv]

Originally Posted by EasilyAmused

Moderator cut: off topic In general I really respect your posts, but in this case you are making a general assumption..and in my experience you're off base with the aforementioned clones. They actually do pretty well for themselves. Yeah, some get stuck, just like some multi-culturally diverse people do. As to moving three levels ahead just because they are culturally diverse or "exposed" LOL.....that sooooo isn't true.

But I do agree with you that more economically diverse schools can pump out some great kids. I think being exposed to a range of economic culture is far more important than cultural diversity. Kerr has produced some great students...In school like that, it's more the student producing than the parent pushing...and that's what creates a great student.


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Moderator cut: off topic Honestly, I think it's who you know rather than what you know. I didn't get my first job with Motorola in P.R. with a degree in Spanish (and very crappy grades to boot) just because I'm so wonderful. My dad had a long standing business relationship with them.

[RVD26]

Originally Posted by va_residents

In Fairfax, VA parents want their kids to get into Thomas Jefferson High school which is the best public school in the country. It has the highest SAT score in the country. TJHSST Splash Page

TJ draws applicants from across five counties and two cities in Northern Virginia, selecting 500 students from a pool of several thousand applicants. Admission is based primarily on a general achievement test and prior grades. To give a sense of student caliber: Of the 432 seniors in the Class of 2007, 158 were National Merit semifinalists, more than any other school in the nation. And the average student SAT score was a 2155 (on a 2400 scale). Shooting for the Academic Stars - US News and World Report

What is 10% rule in Houston?

Maybe I'm a little slow here, but is a public school still considered "public" if it is screening all the students that are allowed to go there?

[sbhubbell]

Originally Posted by RVD26

Maybe I'm a little slow here, but is a public school still considered "public" if it is screening all the students that are allowed to go there?

Yes, then it's simply a magnet school. Still public, public essentially means state-funded. I'm very familiar with the schools and the area the OP is talking about, and I still think Clements would be a good choice for them.

As for the whole "who you know" thing...it is true as careers progress but when you're working on getting into college or getting your first job, being gifted and working hard still counts. Sounds like you just got lucky.

I'm with EA on this one, some of us "clones" do quite well for ourselves...while some of the more "diversity exposed" folks get totally stuck right out of the gate. It has as much to do with the parents as it does with the schools they attend, and personality and talents also play a huge role in success in life.